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Android's new developer verification rollout begins, sideloading changes are next
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this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026
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I doubt it. EU regulations demand all manner of documentation, including who supplied software. Tech companies should also protect users and enforce "our" laws, which means a lot of surveillance.
App stores already have to do developer verification, under the celebrated DMA.
There's a pro-business loophole meant to keep bureaucracy low. Very small companies are exempted. It's kind of ironic, because Lemmy usually hates this kind of pro-business anti-regulation thing. To be fair, using this loophole to shield devs, as F-Droid wants, is an abuse. It's only meant to allow small companies to grow until they have the resources to handle the verification.
Most projects served by F-Droid are not backed by companies. Then they are righfully exempted from the DMA, it's not a "loophole".
You misunderstand. They are not exempt at all. F-Droid is exempt from collecting their identities.